UPDATE: Golden Fire evacuees are allowed back home after evening blaze

UPDATE: Golden Fire evacuees are allowed back home after evening blaze

The 20 acre fire has been contained

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Updated: 11:07 PM MDT Jun 21, 2017

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WEBVTT WE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWSRIGHT NOW.WITHIN THE LAST HOUR AND HALF,EVACUATIONS WERE LIFTED FOR AFIRE BURNING NEAR GOLDEN.IT SPARKED THIS AFTERNOON, OFFOF HIGHWAY 14 AND 344.IT WAS ONLY BURNING 15 TO 20ACRES, BUT IT WAS THREATENINGNEIGHBORHOODS.AT LEAST 150 HOMES WEREORIGINALLY EVACUATED.ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER SANDRARAMIREZ IS LIVE FROM EDGEWOODELEMENTARY, WHERE AN EVACUATIONCENTER WAS SET UP.SANDRA: DOUG, PEOPLE WEREWAITING HERE TO GET WORD ABOUTTHEIR HOUSES AND SHORTLY AFTER8:30 TONIGHT THE GOOD NEWS CAMETHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACKHOME.WHILE THEY'RE RELIEVED, THEY SAYTHIS FIRE WAS A CLOSE CALL.FROM SKY 7, YOU CAN SEE WHITESMOKE BILLOWING INTO THE NEWMEXICO SKY.TAKE A LOOK AS FIREFIGHTERS INTHIS HELICOPTER DROP BUCKETSINTO SWIMMING POOLS AND USE THATWATER TO TRY TO CONTROL THEGOLDEN FIRE.>> THE FLAME WAS GOING UP THEHILLSIDE, IT WAS GOING UP THEHILL.SANDRA: DAVID ARMSTRONG'S HOMEWAS ONE OF 150 THAT WEREEVACUATED AS THE FIRE STARTEDMOVING UPHILL.HE TELLS ME HE WASN'T HOME, BUTGOT A CALL FROM A PANICKEDNEIGHBOR.>> FIRE, THERE IS ASHES, THEWIND IS BLOWING MY WAY.AND I'M EVACUATING.SANDRA: THE FIRE QUICKLY STARTEDSPREADING EAST THROUGHHEARTBREAK HILL CANYON AND THESAN PEDRO MOUNTAIN AREA.ARMSTRONG RUSHED OVER ANDSNAPPED THIS PICTURE OF THERELIEF EFFORTS.A COUPLE OF DROPS AND IT PUTTHE FIRE RIGHT OUT.SANDRA: PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBYWERE TOLD TO MAKE THEIR WAY TOEDGWOOD ELEMENTARY WHERE ANEVACUATION SHELTER WAS SET UP.>> I WASN'T SO WORRIED ABOUT THEHOUSE.JUST GETTING THE ANIMALS OUT.SANDRA: JILEA LEE TELLS ME SHELIVES ONLY ABOUT A MILE AND AHALF AWAY FROM WHERE THE FLAMESWERE BURNING.SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT WITH HERPETS IN TIME AND TONIGHT TELLSME SHE'S RELIEVED TO BE ABLE TOGO BACK HOME.>> I'M SO GLAD, AND THIS ONE ISTOO.HE WANTS HIS DINNER.SANDRA: WHILE PEOPLE WERE TRYINGTO DELIVER SUPPLIES IN THISSHELTER, BUT IT HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN.THE CAUSE OF THE GOLDEN FIRE IS

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UPDATE: Golden Fire evacuees are allowed back home after evening blaze

UPDATE: People forced to evacuate from 150 homes during the Golden Fire were allowed to return home Wednesday night.New Mexico State Forestry confirms the Golden Fire burned 15-20 acres and threatened 150 homes near Heartbreak Hill Canyon.The blaze sparked near Highway 344 and 14 in Santa Fe County around 5 p.m. and the cause is unknown.

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People forced to evacuate from 150 homes during the Golden Fire were allowed to return home Wednesday night.